![]() Nirmal Verma was born on 3rd April 1929 in Simla. He post graduated in History from Delhi University. Nirmal Verma is very famous in Hindi literature. He is known mainly for his fictional works. He studied Czech at the Oriental Institute in Prague, and has been a Fellow with the International Institute for Asian Studies. Nirmal Verma is the owner of India's highest literary award i.e. the Jnanpith award. He also won the Sahitya Akademi Award in 1985 for his short stories Kavve aura kala pani. Some of his more popular novels are Antima aranya, Rata ka riportara, Eka citaraha sukha, and Lala tina ki chata. All the novels of Verma were rich in symbolism with a style that is simple yet sophisticated. As one of the most important prose Hindi writers of our times, Nirmal Verma's creativity extends to the description and travel to places in Europe especially on Czechoslovakia and literary criticism. The Library of Congress has acquired all of his short stories and most of his novels and prose writings. Till date Verma has published five novels, eight collections of short stories and nine books of essays and travelogues. His books have been translated into several European languages such as English, Russian, German, Icelandic, Polish, Italian and French. Synopsis: ![]() This book 'Crows of Deliverance' was published by the reader's international. This book of Nirmal Verma is the collection of six stories. All of these are written in lucid manner. He is basically a stalwart in Hindi literature. Many of his works were translated into many other foreign languages. This one is also translated version. Although the stories are written by the same writer all of them are versatile in true sense. |